Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 8, 2019 16:23:37 GMT 12
NEW EXHIBITION CHALLENGES THE LEGACY OF JAMES COOK
Hundreds gathered to open an exhibition in Tūranganui a Kiwa - challenging and responding to the Cook commemorations.
Tuia 250 in Gisborne kicked off over the weekend with thousands attending the pohiri for dignitaries and waka hourua that arrived from here and Tahiti.
Along with Tuia 250, a number of iwi and community led events have been planned - challenging and responding to the kaupapa.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/400469/new-exhibition-challenges-the-legacy-of-james-cook
EXTINCTION REBELLION AOTEAROA LAUNCH DECOLONISATION ACTION
Today in Wellington, Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa stormed parliament grounds and desecrated the statue of ‘King Dick’ (Richard Seddon), drawing attention to his major role in the colonisation and exploitation of Mãori land. Well known Nga Puhi and Muaupoko activist Josie Butler, ‘dildo thrower’, staunchly let off a flare on parliamentary grounds - symbolising the class war’flare’ perpetuated by colonisation. The group also targeted the plaque of Captain James Cook, expressing their continued discontent at the government’s commemoration of a perpetrator of atrocities and murderer of Maori people. The action was also in support of a nationwide coordination to counter the mainstream narrative of the heavily state-funded Tuia250 event.
As recorded in his own memoirs and according to tangata whenua across the nation, Cook circumnavigated Aotearoa intentionally killing, raping, and deliberately infecting local Maori with disease. The Endeavour replica, currently sailing around Aotearoa, is only a bitter reminder of colonialism that continues to oppress Maori today.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1910/S00075/extinction-rebellion-aotearoa-launch-decolonisation-action.htm
ENDEAVOUR WAS A MILITARY INVASION
“Māori were a free people prior to the arrival of colonisation. They have never ceded their sovereignty to anyone. Their story as the indigenous people of Aotearoa is not part of a dual story of shared heritage – theirs is the story; pākehā invaders and later arrivals are an add on to that central story.”
“Imperialism is very much still with us today. The governments of Europe and the resulting settler colonial states, including New Zealand, are built on the stolen land and resources of indigenous people. These imperialist invasions have never stopped: from Afghanistan to Aotearoa, from New Caledonia to New York, from the Philippines to Peru, the devastation of imperialism continues to be imposed upon billions of people every day.”
“The Kia Mau campaign presents a challenge for us to consider: what do we need to do in order that we can ethically remember the past?”
“First and foremost we have to face up to the fact that Captain James Cook should not be our society’s hero, but rather should be regarded as a invader who committed atrocities.”.....
pacific.scoop.co.nz/2019/10/endeavour-was-a-military-invasion/
'I DON'T SEE JAMES COOK AS RELEVANT TO ME' - TUIA 250 PROTEST ORGANISER
Māori have suffered "tremendously", says Tuia 250 protest organiser Marise Lant, as Captain Cook's Endeavour headed into Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Poverty Bay).
"I don't see James Cook as relevant to me," Ms Lant said. "He has brought a history with him that Māoridom and my people consider to be offensive in many areas. It may not be the case for non-Māori, but it is the case for us that consider that history, as not a part of ours. If it is, it doesn't bring with it a positive energy."
"The reality of it is that when James Cook arrived in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, he came under the banner of the British Government. With that came a set of rules, regulations and other organisation's systems that we are not, and were not accustomed to."....
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/dont-see-james-cook-relevant-me-tuia-250-protest-organiser
Hundreds gathered to open an exhibition in Tūranganui a Kiwa - challenging and responding to the Cook commemorations.
Tuia 250 in Gisborne kicked off over the weekend with thousands attending the pohiri for dignitaries and waka hourua that arrived from here and Tahiti.
Along with Tuia 250, a number of iwi and community led events have been planned - challenging and responding to the kaupapa.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/400469/new-exhibition-challenges-the-legacy-of-james-cook
EXTINCTION REBELLION AOTEAROA LAUNCH DECOLONISATION ACTION
Today in Wellington, Extinction Rebellion Aotearoa stormed parliament grounds and desecrated the statue of ‘King Dick’ (Richard Seddon), drawing attention to his major role in the colonisation and exploitation of Mãori land. Well known Nga Puhi and Muaupoko activist Josie Butler, ‘dildo thrower’, staunchly let off a flare on parliamentary grounds - symbolising the class war’flare’ perpetuated by colonisation. The group also targeted the plaque of Captain James Cook, expressing their continued discontent at the government’s commemoration of a perpetrator of atrocities and murderer of Maori people. The action was also in support of a nationwide coordination to counter the mainstream narrative of the heavily state-funded Tuia250 event.
As recorded in his own memoirs and according to tangata whenua across the nation, Cook circumnavigated Aotearoa intentionally killing, raping, and deliberately infecting local Maori with disease. The Endeavour replica, currently sailing around Aotearoa, is only a bitter reminder of colonialism that continues to oppress Maori today.....
www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO1910/S00075/extinction-rebellion-aotearoa-launch-decolonisation-action.htm
ENDEAVOUR WAS A MILITARY INVASION
“Māori were a free people prior to the arrival of colonisation. They have never ceded their sovereignty to anyone. Their story as the indigenous people of Aotearoa is not part of a dual story of shared heritage – theirs is the story; pākehā invaders and later arrivals are an add on to that central story.”
“Imperialism is very much still with us today. The governments of Europe and the resulting settler colonial states, including New Zealand, are built on the stolen land and resources of indigenous people. These imperialist invasions have never stopped: from Afghanistan to Aotearoa, from New Caledonia to New York, from the Philippines to Peru, the devastation of imperialism continues to be imposed upon billions of people every day.”
“The Kia Mau campaign presents a challenge for us to consider: what do we need to do in order that we can ethically remember the past?”
“First and foremost we have to face up to the fact that Captain James Cook should not be our society’s hero, but rather should be regarded as a invader who committed atrocities.”.....
pacific.scoop.co.nz/2019/10/endeavour-was-a-military-invasion/
'I DON'T SEE JAMES COOK AS RELEVANT TO ME' - TUIA 250 PROTEST ORGANISER
Māori have suffered "tremendously", says Tuia 250 protest organiser Marise Lant, as Captain Cook's Endeavour headed into Tūranganui-a-Kiwa (Poverty Bay).
"I don't see James Cook as relevant to me," Ms Lant said. "He has brought a history with him that Māoridom and my people consider to be offensive in many areas. It may not be the case for non-Māori, but it is the case for us that consider that history, as not a part of ours. If it is, it doesn't bring with it a positive energy."
"The reality of it is that when James Cook arrived in Tūranganui-a-Kiwa, he came under the banner of the British Government. With that came a set of rules, regulations and other organisation's systems that we are not, and were not accustomed to."....
www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/dont-see-james-cook-relevant-me-tuia-250-protest-organiser